📸 + 💭: jayclue “This was definitely my strangest encounter of 2025. I was hovering in the blue scoping out the dive site 30ft (10m) below and then in the distance I see this turtle slowly gliding towards me. 😍 I quickly change the settings on my camera thinking it’s about to be one of those magical moments where a beautiful sea turtle slowly glides by as it heads down to the reef. But nope, as she got close to the camera she launched at me attempting to bite the camera and then my arm. I quickly moved the camera to create space between us. Then gently redirected her past me. She swam off leaving me very confused. I’ve never seen that type of behavior from a sea turtle. But even crazier, 30 minutes later I’m ascending from the dive and she comes out of nowhere trying to bite my leg! I quickly spun around and used the camera again to create distance and gently redirect her as I would with a shark. She stopped and stared at me for a brief moment then turned and swam off. It was the ...